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they have permission technology. basically in that chapter on the brain and talked about how that is also progressing. specialty of spatial revolution, brain scanning. simulations are starting. spray the case, and we get to a point where we can actually see well enough into the brain to actually get to understand tow works. now all that has actually happened. so that's why i wrote this book. we have an affirmation to articulate and really create our theory about this pattern recognition theory of how the brain works. and then use that as a biological parent to create even better ai. >> terrific. it's a fascinating book, and i want to thank you for coming in the show and talking with us. >> my pleasure. >> that was book tv signature program in which authors and lettuce nonfiction books are interviewed by journalists, public policy makers, legislators, and others familiar with there material. airing every weekend on book tv at 10:00 p.m. on saturday, 12 and 9:00 p.m. on sunday, and volume on monday. you can also launch
they have permission technology. basically in that chapter on the brain and talked about how that is also progressing. specialty of spatial revolution, brain scanning. simulations are starting. spray the case, and we get to a point where we can actually see well enough into the brain to actually get to understand tow works. now all that has actually happened. so that's why i wrote this book. we have an affirmation to articulate and really create our theory about this pattern recognition theory...
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continuing confident we might be able to generate technologies and political alliances to dominate the planet, but doubt that it is always wise to do dominate in this way. it's especially apparent that the characteristic confidence of the long 19th century was the shortest of planetary experiences. yet, has been the most difficult for us to relinquish. our current doubts seem to take us back to the fears of the early modern period, a circular return that matches the swing around the globe that themselves went through the three acts geodrama. there were more hopeful elements to the story. the bright moments matter to do and make clear that the human past is as complicated and contradictory as the present con decision whether seen on a small scale or a large one. even the largest of all, a geodrama in three acts. well, i wish i could introdisuse you to all of the characters in the book. all of the people, the animals, and even the robots that have circled the world. for a 500-year history, this would mean really going through quite lily a carbohydrate of thousands. i decided to read to y
continuing confident we might be able to generate technologies and political alliances to dominate the planet, but doubt that it is always wise to do dominate in this way. it's especially apparent that the characteristic confidence of the long 19th century was the shortest of planetary experiences. yet, has been the most difficult for us to relinquish. our current doubts seem to take us back to the fears of the early modern period, a circular return that matches the swing around the globe that...
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so technologically there's all this going on. but also, and you mentioned manpower, the size of the navy dramatically -- were used to -- 16,000, at sea, they community began with 42 ships. the confederacy began for practical persons -- purposes with known to both are dramatically expanding the size, and that means bringing more people in there and that has an impact on the character of manpower. the navy had always been an integrated racially integrated military force. now, the reason for that is obvious. it's hard to segregate on board issue. it's very crowded. it's hard to have an all black ship and all white ship. so that was a tradition that had always been there, but the numbers changed dramatically. that got up to as high as 15% by about 1830, and then the pressure of seven representatives in congress said they should not allow lacks to serve and united states, brought that down close to single digits, and then they dramatically jump back up again, i believe around 20% of all the changes were taking place. >> i might add th
so technologically there's all this going on. but also, and you mentioned manpower, the size of the navy dramatically -- were used to -- 16,000, at sea, they community began with 42 ships. the confederacy began for practical persons -- purposes with known to both are dramatically expanding the size, and that means bringing more people in there and that has an impact on the character of manpower. the navy had always been an integrated racially integrated military force. now, the reason for that...
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but we've stayed right at the cutting edge of digital printing technology. and the other avenue that we've gone down to to stay on top of things is we started our own publishing company called staff picks press. and the inspiration for it was, of course, staff picks. we knew that if we found a manuscript that we loved, we knew that we could sell it. so we just had to find the right author, the right manuscript, and so we're on to our fourth book now, and we don't have a, you know, we don't do 20 books a year because i would have a nervous breakdown if we did. [laughter] but we're making great, great progress. there you go. >> thanks. >> thank you. unfortunately, because of, you know, the fact that we've lost so many independent bookstores over the past two decades, originally there were about 5,000 of us back in the '90s and now we're down to, you know, a couple thousand of us, so there are 34re7bty of communities -- plenty of communities that don't have an independent bookstore. and i think people do know it's a real loss to the community that they don't. u
but we've stayed right at the cutting edge of digital printing technology. and the other avenue that we've gone down to to stay on top of things is we started our own publishing company called staff picks press. and the inspiration for it was, of course, staff picks. we knew that if we found a manuscript that we loved, we knew that we could sell it. so we just had to find the right author, the right manuscript, and so we're on to our fourth book now, and we don't have a, you know, we don't do...
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the old cassette tape idea, too using the latest digital technology. we are very excited about this transition because it makes it faster, deeper and more efficient to get good quality reading materials to people when they need it. this service obviously is designed for the government to be sure that people have equitable access materials in the spirit of all the public libraries in the country. we have over 15,000 libraries and we have more public libraries than mcdonald's. we have a chance with a service like this to be sure that everyone has a chance to be well-informed citizens that is most critical but also to enjoy the rewards of being able to read great novels and great literature and the part of the world. would call ourselves talking book and braille library. we could probably call ourselves the talking book library in part because braille has not -- is not as popular as it used to be. braille is expensive to produce. it uses a lot of paper. it is a paper-based acknowledge he. a lot of it is familiar quotation. a new edition just came out in t
the old cassette tape idea, too using the latest digital technology. we are very excited about this transition because it makes it faster, deeper and more efficient to get good quality reading materials to people when they need it. this service obviously is designed for the government to be sure that people have equitable access materials in the spirit of all the public libraries in the country. we have over 15,000 libraries and we have more public libraries than mcdonald's. we have a chance...
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it is a paper-based technology. new addition just came out in the past couple weeks. pretty amazing and pretty important reference tool. in braille, 107 volume, 107 volumes. i don't know how many, 20, 30 shelves filled with the volumes of what most people know is when pretty chunky volume and in digital form a little step about that big. the economy around grail is pushing a lot of people to think about all those other forms, digital forms now available and while many people still speak braille, use braille, create braille, junta printers than the punches better part of the braille language, we see many younger readers not use braille, but rather he's obviously all the other audio and connective forms that there are in terms of communication. so many handheld devices, many of them have speaking capabilities and audio capabilities now. i'm not going to make any predictions about braille, but we are seeing less and less of it. it's interesting as we talk about the transition of braille to other forms, one of our challenges is free of many transitions in the world of tal
it is a paper-based technology. new addition just came out in the past couple weeks. pretty amazing and pretty important reference tool. in braille, 107 volume, 107 volumes. i don't know how many, 20, 30 shelves filled with the volumes of what most people know is when pretty chunky volume and in digital form a little step about that big. the economy around grail is pushing a lot of people to think about all those other forms, digital forms now available and while many people still speak...
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and a few years, nearly five on my machine technologies that transform petroleum industry in the past five years, the horizontal tracking and other developments that have made it possible with a much smaller surface reached much larger tropes of fuel than in the past. the green energy sources that consumed the most valuable part of the global environment, which is the surface of the earth, air above all soils on the surface of the earth. you know, you have cells in windmills and biofuels and all of these systems waste what is important, which is the surface it ears, while ignoring the almost infinite tropes of energy below the surface of the earth that can be reached with a very small footprint of usable land. >> what is all true wisdom and how does that fit into the capitalist system? >> all true wisdom is an orientation towards the needs of others. i believe capitalism is intrinsically altruistic. that is to say that capitalism is based on making investment without any assurance that others will respond to god. capitalist investments only work if they respond imaginatively to the ne
and a few years, nearly five on my machine technologies that transform petroleum industry in the past five years, the horizontal tracking and other developments that have made it possible with a much smaller surface reached much larger tropes of fuel than in the past. the green energy sources that consumed the most valuable part of the global environment, which is the surface of the earth, air above all soils on the surface of the earth. you know, you have cells in windmills and biofuels and...
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we stay right cutting edge of digital printing technology. and the other avenue we've gone down to the stay on top of things is arab publishing company called staff picks prius and the inspiration for it was of course fast fix. we knew if we found a manuscript that we loved, we knew we could sell it. so we just had to find the right author, the rate a new script. so we are onto her fourth book now we don't have -- we don't do 20 books a year because i would have been nervous break down if we did, but we are making great progress. unfortunately because of the fact we've lost so many independent bookstores in the past two decades that originally there were about 5000 of us back in the 90s and now we're back to a couple thousand of us. so there's plenty of communities that don't have an independent bookstore and i think people do know it's a real loss to the community that they don't. if they do have one, they need to treasure it and take care of it and patronize it. and if they don't have one, we all have website. >> coverage continues of sally
we stay right cutting edge of digital printing technology. and the other avenue we've gone down to the stay on top of things is arab publishing company called staff picks prius and the inspiration for it was of course fast fix. we knew if we found a manuscript that we loved, we knew we could sell it. so we just had to find the right author, the rate a new script. so we are onto her fourth book now we don't have -- we don't do 20 books a year because i would have been nervous break down if we...
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healthe and everyday you see folks have tremendous results, the byproduct of phenomenal advances in technology and the art of medicine with compassion. it is a great profession that when we have got the institute of medicine saying 30% of the time we miss the mark, we have got to study this. we have got to make it a discipline of science and say how can we look at this like we look at cancer? where are the cracks? where the mistakes? that was the main reason i decided to go down this path. >> host: that statistic of 30% in quality, waste and variability is a stunning statistic. why do you think that, and you mentioned culture a little while ago. what is it about the culture of health care, where those types of activities have been allowed to go on for such a length of time. if you look at any other industry, 30% waste or 30% error rate really would be unacceptable. how does that occur within health care? >> you know it's a great wondered why people tolerate 30% waste and health care but they wouldn't tolerated in any other industry. i saw a statistic recently in a report, the average income of
healthe and everyday you see folks have tremendous results, the byproduct of phenomenal advances in technology and the art of medicine with compassion. it is a great profession that when we have got the institute of medicine saying 30% of the time we miss the mark, we have got to study this. we have got to make it a discipline of science and say how can we look at this like we look at cancer? where are the cracks? where the mistakes? that was the main reason i decided to go down this path....
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we do projects that combine humor and technology to tell better stories to make the world less horrible. so day job night job command between sleep job. it's all i think about right now. i want to be one of those makers, not one of the stickers. >> how has having a black president affected your work? >> well, it gives me one other job that is excessive amount, which is great. you can add that to a list of the ag and athletes and sassy black woman, also president. that's pretty cool. expanded the range for one particular job. .. this is booktv on c-span 2. >> pulitzer prize-winning, william kennedy describes albany and "o albany!: improbable city of political wizards, fearless ethnics, spectacular aristrocrats, splendid nobodies, and underrated scoundrels." book tv spoke with mr. kennedy during a recent visit to albany with the help of our partner, time warner cable. >> albany honey bad rap for a very long time because of the politics are one thing, but even way back, way back in the building of the capital in 1870. stanford right, the great architect is working on the capital, hh richar
we do projects that combine humor and technology to tell better stories to make the world less horrible. so day job night job command between sleep job. it's all i think about right now. i want to be one of those makers, not one of the stickers. >> how has having a black president affected your work? >> well, it gives me one other job that is excessive amount, which is great. you can add that to a list of the ag and athletes and sassy black woman, also president. that's pretty cool....